TASEmulators / TASEmulators/BizHawk
[F.Rq.] Set system/platform via command line
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Description
In many cases, when you open a .bin file in Bizhawk, you get this lengthy window asking you to specify a platform.
Frontends like Launchbox allow the user to specify command lines for an emulator on a per-console basis:
For those or other user-knows-what-they're-doing situations, however, it might be nice to allow the user to specify what system they're trying to load the specified file in via the command line in order to skip this mild inconvenience. For example, --system ps1 or --system sms.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by tracing BizHawk's command-line parsing and the .bin platform-selection flow; confirm how platform identifiers are represented. Done means a supported command-line system value skips the platform prompt and remains compatible with normal file loading.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100